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In a way you're right, we couldn't afford a computer (and didn't need one either) back when dial-up was the only connection available.
And steam was what we got when we boiled drinking water to kill the contaminants. 
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Member 14331076 wrote: steam was what we got when we boiled drinking water
We couldn't afford to boil water.
There were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.
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You had a shoebox? You were lucky!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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We were so poor when I was young I had to build the house I was born in.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Did you get thrashed wit broken bottle ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Well, we would set a pan of Boone's Farm wine out at night so it would freeze and we could pour off the 180 proof flavored alcohol. 
Plus, it was a contest every morning to see who would get up first to warm up the terlet seat after the 20 below (Fahrenheit) nights. 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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OriginalGriff wrote: no, it didn't resume - I never got to play the game at all ...
I had that very problem with po... eh, educational material!!! 
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Back in the day when I would fix computers for the wife's friends, one of her managers brought me his kid's system and a new video card so he could play WoW. One of their problems was that the patch for the game was something like 2.5GB and they didn't have broadband...so they used my bandwidth to enable a teenager to play games. I was supposed to get a free meal out of the deal but that never happened...wife wound up firing him soon after for improper cash handling. 
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Second quarter tie? (4,2,5)
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Thought I had it with "Draw a blank" but I drew a blank
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The only ones I could come up with were "LOVE IS BLIND" and "TIME IS MONEY" - and neither of those fit the rest of the clue ...
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Erm, think again, you got it, I believe.
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I still don't see it ... 
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Ah ... maybe I do.
Second The second character in "Winnie-the-Pooh" is the aforementioned bear, and he is obsessed with HONEY
Quarter Some kind of American money, possibly a DIME
So "DIME HONEY"; the question mark indicates "sounds like" so "TIME MONEY" and the "IS" is spurious!
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Oh bother...
Second = unit of time
quarter = quarter dollar
tie = equal (is)
(tougher on your side of the pond, admittedly)
But you're up 
modified 13-Jun-19 6:37am.
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Oh ... crap.
I didn't think I was anywhere near it.
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I've done one this week, so if they want it I've no objection.
If I don't hear otherwise in a couple of hours, I'll post tomorrow (give me time to think of one).
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I have seen some obscure clues in CCC but I think that beats all.
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WoW players should get this one easily, particularly if they are a Goblin.
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I have two (tiny) issues with the new Start window.
First issue: I want to rearrange the options list (on the right side) to put "New Project" at the top .. and not be something I always have to scroll down to find.
Second issue. When I close a solution, most often the next thing I want to do is quit VS. But the Start Menu has reappeared and you can't click FILE: Exit without first closing that Start Menu. A little aggravation each time I'm ready to exit VS 2019.
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asiwel wrote: Second issue. When I close a solution, most often the next thing I want to do is quit VS. But the Start Menu has reappeared and you can't click FILE: Exit without first closing that Start Menu. A little aggravation each time I'm ready to exit VS 2019.
ALT-F4 or CRTL-W
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The what? Disabling the VS Start Page is one of the first things I do after an install.
At startup: Show empty environment
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asiwel wrote: A little aggravation each time I'm ready to exit VS 2019
The X button at the top right corner?
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